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why was Monty so angry at the cat?


It was too funny, but I don't know if there was somenthign I missed or didn't get...

Paul Avery: Someone should write a *beep* book, that's for sure.

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It's kinda hard to explain, but if you take your time and read slow you won't need working on, boy.


It's supposed to be that Monty is such a lonely, self obsessed, wealthy old git that he 1. Feels the need to call rank when he has visitors (he has no obedient kids to show off, no wife for him to say "prepare our guests a drink") and so the only way he can cement himself as the man of the house is to dominate this poor cat that lives with him.

atleast that's my understanding and why I always found it so hilarious

we also have 2. He is so alone in that house that he treats the cat as a person, he holds it against the same standards as you would hold a person "That oath has destroyed my day!" when infact it is just an innocent little creature

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Cats are not "just innocent little creatures". Don't get me wrong, I like cats but they can drive you nuts. As Terry Pratchett once observed, they were once worshipped as gods and they have never forgotten this!

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That oath has destroyed my day

That would be Oaf.
That Oaf has destroyed my day!


Koalas are telepathic. Plus, they control the weather.

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It's supposed to be that Monty is such a lonely, self obsessed, wealthy old git that he 1. Feels the need to call rank when he has visitors (he has no obedient kids to show off, no wife for him to say "prepare our guests a drink") and so the only way he can cement himself as the man of the house is to dominate this poor cat that lives with him.


Yeah, I think that is pretty much it.

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It was trying for even more advantage.

Marlon, Claudia and Dimby the cats 1989-2005, 2007 and 2010.

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It will die, it will DIE!

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Because he's a middle-aged gay man who lives alone with a cat. Go figure.

You can't beat the system, but you can give it a damn good kicking.

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It's obsessed with its guts. It's like a bloody rugby ball now!

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Beastly, ungrateful little SWINE!

Make tea, not war. 🌈

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